GCC plans three ROBs on Manali Roads crossings in TN

In an initiative to decongest traffic in the northern area of Chennai covering Tondiarpet, Korrukkupet, Mint, Manali and Kodungaiyur, the Greater Chennai Corporation has announced the construction of the first of three over bridges on Manali Road across the level-crossing 2B. After completing the bridge, the Corporation will take up work on another bridge across the level-crossing 2A and then the level-crossing LC2 near the Korukkupet Railway Station.

The Corporation and the Railways, in a joint inspection, proposed to construct a bridge across LC2 near Korukkupet Railway Station in the vicinity of level crossings 2A and 2B. The first bridge on Manali Road, across level-crossing 2B, is estimated to cost ₹65 crore and does not require any land acquisition. The composite girder bridge is expected to be completed in one-and-a-half years after the design is vetted by the IIT Madras. The bridge will be 895 metres long and have a carriageway of 7.5 metres. Vehicular traffic will be diverted through Thoppai Vinayagar Koil Street and along the service road of Buckingham Canal. The civic agency will also start work on bridges at Anna Nagar and Alandur zones to ease traffic congestion involving ₹73.84 crore investments. Once completed, the bridges will ease traffic congestion along stretches such as Kilpauk Garden Road in Ward 98 in Anna Nagar zone and Medavakkam Main Road in Ward 161 in Alandur zone.